Sound and healthy sleep is the key to the health of the whole family. Important life processes of the human body depend on the quality of sleep: from psycho-emotional to physical health. Therefore, it is so important to pay special attention to the sleeping area. Everything in it should be harmonious: the elasticity of the mattress, fresh air, and delicate bed linen.
Let's take a closer look at the last aspect. Bed linen is the key to healthy sleep and proper functioning of all organs. Underwear helps us get rid of dead cells, nourish the skin with oxygen, or, conversely, prevents the body from breathing and clogs the pores. How bed linen is processed directly affects its sterility, wear and tear of the fabric and the health of its owner.
Regularity
Sanitary requirements for children recommend replacing bed linen according to the degree of soiling. However, this should be done at least once a week. The same recommendations apply to home bedding for people of all ages. Bed linen becomes stale after a week of use and needs to be replaced.
During the winter cold, sweating is not as intense as on warm spring and summer days, and most people prefer to sleep in cozy pajamas, so you should change your underwear every 14-15 days.
Pillowcases on which we lay our heads and leave hair and fragments of the skin of the neck and face get dirty more often than pillowcases that interact only with the skin.Therefore, these bedding items need to be changed every three to four days.
When we are talking about a patient with a fever, it is best to wash the laundry daily.
Preparing for washing
Bed linen deserves to be washed individually, without interaction with other things. Before starting the washing machine, you must follow the sorting rules:
- Type of fabric material (washing mode, time, water temperature, etc. depend on the fabric)
- According to the color of the material (white linen is washed with white, light with light, and it is best not to mix items from one set of colored linen with colored items from another set).
- Depending on the scale of contamination (a little sweaty, but otherwise clean laundry should not be washed on an intensive cycle; the fabric will be subject to unnecessary wear and tear.)
- Before putting laundry in the washing machine, duvet covers and pillowcases are turned inside out, thus removing dirt from the corners.
- If there are stains on the bed linen, it must first be treated with special products, depending on the nature of the stain. It is possible that some stains can be eliminated by adjusting the regime.
Temperature and means
Before automatic washing machines appeared and became universally popular and accessible, bed linen was not just washed in hot water, it was often boiled. This procedure made it possible to whiten laundry and get rid of unwanted germs. This method was the only one hundred percent disinfection option. Nowadays, there is no need to perform so many procedures in order to tidy up your laundry.Automatic machines and all kinds of washing products guarantee its safety and cleanliness for a long time.
- The most suitable temperature for processing linen and natural cotton fabric is considered to be 60 degrees. This temperature is quite suitable for removing all harmful microbes; washing clothes at this temperature also provides high-quality cleaning. You can wash similar materials in hotter water. The higher the temperature, the better the disinfection and treatment of fabric from stubborn stains. There are quite a few special products, such as powders for white linen, universal products and much more for treating fabrics. It is best to wash laundry that is heavily soiled with the addition of special powders with a bleaching effect or agents to enhance the washing effect. Special liquid bleaches cope well with stains.
- Colored linen and linen made from delicate materials should not be washed at a temperature not exceeding 50 degrees. In such cases, when washing, it is best to use products for colored materials (they are marked with a special “color”). Low temperature conditions must be combined with special liquid shampoos. If the laundry is too dirty, it should be pre-soaked by hand or run in the pre-wash mode. If bed linen is washed at low temperatures, it should be ironed. So, you can more thoroughly treat your laundry from germs and harmful bacteria.
- Bed linen for children needs special care. Therefore, there is a large selection of children's laundry detergents for washing children's bedding. Children's underwear is made from natural fabrics.Therefore, you should carefully study the packaging and labels on it. Also, children's bedding must be subjected to mandatory ironing.
Modes
Today, washing machines, as a rule, include several modes and spin levels, making it easy to select the required combination based on the nature of the dirt and the composition of the material.
Relationship between material and mode:
- Linen. 60-90 degrees, soaking and pre-washing with soaking is possible, a strong spin is best.
- Light calico, percale, ranfors. 60-90 degrees, soaking and washing in the pre-soak mode are allowed, strong spinning is recommended.
- Satin, poplin. 40-60 degrees, soaking and washing in the pre-soaking mode, as well as all kinds of modes, are allowed.
- Colored chintz. 40 degrees, do not use bleach, it is best to spin on medium mode.
- Polyester or cotton with polyester. 40 degrees, washing on delicate and synthetic cycles is recommended. Soaking and re-rinsing are allowed.
- Silk. 30 degrees, delicate mode or “silk” mode is recommended; it is also best to use special products and conditioners for delicate fabrics. It is best not to squeeze or set the minimum spin.
Be sure to carefully study the label! It indicates the necessary information on servicing the product!
Does new bed linen need to be washed?
Newly purchased bedding must be washed before use.
- During the production of linen, dust and lint from other fabrics are necessarily present.
- Manufacturers often impregnate bedding with a special composition to give the material its shape.
- New bedding should be washed separately from other items. This is the best means of disinfection and getting rid of excess factory paint if the linen has been dyed.
